Ikea has revealed that they are ‘flattered’ that their rugs have ended up on the back of Game Of Thrones’ Jon Snow – and in tribute have decided to dress up their Wembley store workers in this season’s best rugs as if they themselves were waiting for winter.

The Swedish furniture brand has spoken out following the 2016 revelations that the show’s costume designer used the store rugs to dress the Night’s Watch/

‘We are flattered that our rugs are featured in Game of Thrones,’ a spokesperson told Metro.co.uk.

‘We know these rugs are warm and cosy but we hadn’t envisioned them becoming a fashion accessory. Seeing them worn by Jon Snow and his brothers in the Night’s Watch has inspired us to display them off the floor.

Jon Snow’s cape is just an Ikea rug (Picture: HBO/ Metro.co.uk)

‘Why drape them across your favourite armchair when they look just as good on your shoulders?’

Michele Clapton, a three-time Emmy award winner who designed the costumes for the show’s first five seasons, revealed the secret about the Night’s Watch furs, admitting that ‘these capes are actually Ikea rugs’.